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 Post subject: Brutus 20
PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:32 am 
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I haven't seen many dedicated 20 rigs so I figure I would share.
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It's all electric. 4500 Watts in the BK, 1200 Watt RIMS in the MLT.

I like it, it's small and compact and gets the job done. The higher gravity brews I just set aside some extra hot water and do an additional recirculation and dump it into the BK.
I am considering having an HLT built that will fit between to the two kegs to make things a little easier when doing anything over 1.050. Will it still be a Brutus 20 after that?


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 Post subject: Re: Brutus 20
PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:01 pm 
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Wow, this looks like exactly what I'm looking for. Namely, the all-electric aspect of it. Can we get some plans and sources for parts? I've been looking at www.highgravitybrew.com at their "Build Your Own Brewery" electric systems, but $1500 sounds a little much and it's not temp controled. They recommend adding a Johnson Control temp controler to it. It looks like yours is not only temp controled, but fully automated. I guess there are plenty of posts that discuss automation, but I have never seen any discussion on the electric portion of this. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BREW INDOORS!!!

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 Post subject: Re: Brutus 20
PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:04 pm 
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TheMadHopper wrote:
Wow, this looks like exactly what I'm looking for. Namely, the all-electric aspect of it. Can we get some plans and sources for parts? I've been looking at http://www.highgravitybrew.com at their "Build Your Own Brewery" electric systems, but $1500 sounds a little much and it's not temp controled. They recommend adding a Johnson Control temp controler to it. It looks like yours is not only temp controled, but fully automated. I guess there are plenty of posts that discuss automation, but I have never seen any discussion on the electric portion of this. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BREW INDOORS!!!


Hey, thanks.

Sorry it took me a while to get back. I built it out of 1 1/4" 14 gauge steel tubing and some steel diamond plate. I thing materials for the cart itself with casters was under 100 bucks.
It isnt fully automated but it is set up to be eventually. I have a version of it built to scale in google sketchup. I went ahead and uploaded it to the sketchup warehouse, search for Brutus 20e and it should pop up.

I can post up some electrical drawings later when I get some time.


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 Post subject: Re: Brutus 20
PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:12 pm 
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Cool, thanks for the help. One more thing.... what's the sketchup warehouse? (I hate asking questions like this, just in case it is something really obvious and I'm just an :asshat: )

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 Post subject: Re: Brutus 20
PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:24 pm 
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Google is your friend:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ ... revstart=0

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 Post subject: Re: Brutus 20
PostPosted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:16 am 
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Whow - your setup looks really nice.
I would like to know what your vessels are made of? They look like insulated Kegs.
Also I am looking forward to the electrical sketches. Is it a single phase ore 3 phase supply for the heating?
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Steen from Bryghuset Straahatten in Denmark.


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